The chance that it will be better is dishearteningly small.

And so it dishearteningly went, although some points should be conceded.

He went across the room to a small table and picked up a dishearteningly thick folder.

They were 2-1 against the Texas teams, then lost dishearteningly today to their only conference opponent on the trip.

Now, however, not only is the division particularly acute, but also, dishearteningly, one side seems to be winning.

She came up for air, twisting her head to look back at the inflatable; still dishearteningly close.

He put these shells, hopefully still good, in a pile that was dishearteningly small.

This time there came an answering horn, though it sounded dishearteningly far away.

To be avoided are 500-plus-page blockbusters, for the simple reason that they would take dishearteningly long to finish.

The bill, dishearteningly, rebuilds tax breaks for real estate and other special interests.

From there, the Giants had themselves a game, which was about all they could ask for after six consecutive losses, four by dishearteningly large margins.

Once inside, he is completely underwhelmed by the reality of police work, finding it dishearteningly similar to corporate employment.

His advance to maturity seemed to his foster-parents dishearteningly slow.

Dishearteningly, however, all echo Sinclair's views about the limited prospects for life extension in the coming decades.

True, until now, Franzen has seemed dishearteningly normal.

His pile of chips was dishearteningly small.

Most dishearteningly, it is all legal.

But the results were dishearteningly familiar.

After the premise is closely examined, though, it turns out-in dishearteningly many cases-that we are not.

While the parade season looks dishearteningly familiar, the opening of the new assembly shows that things are changing in Northern Ireland.

That is yet another blow for a country that has made dishearteningly little progress despite high expectations - perhaps unrealistic - since the invasion.

The texture and the dishearteningly delicious taste owe a lot to the pitted dates in the batter.

It was too dark to be sure, but they looked dishearteningly like ACIA.

But the pair that emerged from the Kittiwake's torpid gloom were solidly, dishearteningly real.

Olivia was dishearteningly accustomed to it.